Feast Portland day 2: Night Market goes Latin, fun-size events are where the fun is

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For Night Market's third act, the Friday night marquee event swapped an Asian theme for a little bit of Latin flair.

The second main event of the 2016 Feast Portland weekend, Night Market hosted 19 chefs at Southwest Portland's Zidell Yards, transforming the gravel yard into a sunset dance party fueled by creative bites and local booze.

Unofficial events: Sometimes the best things aren't on the schedule. On Friday morning, a line wound out the door of Southeast Portland's Whiskey Soda Lounge for a last-minute, unofficial "hangover brunch" pop-up from Pok Pok chef Andy Ricker and Mission Chinese madman Danny Bowien. There were coconut-lemongrass cocktails cascading from a fountain enshrined in flowers and a photo of a young Tina Turner. Across the room, a congee station was set up with a DIY toppings bar -- everything from "bouncy pork" to fresh-cracked, soft-boiled eggs. Plates of thrice-cooked bacon and rice cakes, Chongqing chicken wings and Pok Pok fish wings were carried around the room. On the back patio, a soup station had been set up ladling aromatic boat noodles. We grabbed a table near the back, threw back a few Tigers and burned our mouths on the four-alarm Chongqing wings. This is the kind of Feast celebration we were looking for.

Girls just want to have fun(size): New to the Feast Portland line-up were a handful of "fun-size" events, basically, mid-size events somewhere between the intimate dinners and the massive marquee events. And we're all about it. We popped by the "Eat your Feelings: Noodle Edition" party at Han Oak for everything carb-loaded. We found a full house, sparkling wine flowing, music bumpin' and bites like General Tso pig tails and Italian Wedding soup dumplings making their way from the kitchen. We'd love to see more of these events on the schedule next year, helping to bring more people into the Feast fold without having to brave massive lines and huge crowds of the big-tent events.